Do not conform...

Do not conform....... This has resonated on my mind since I listened to Rick Warren earlier today. As I walked down from the gym, I kept asking myself what distinguishes a person who has an intimate relationship with God from someone else who just knows God's name?
In today's world, the church/Christians try so hard to be acceptable by the world's standard. We speak the same language, have the same cravings, enjoy the same jokes, watch the same TV programs both edifying and non-edifying but we scream God more than the rest. 😟

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Few weeks ago I got so hooked with the series Power. I actually really loved it. But as I watched it, I kept asking myself what is there to learn from this? Now the sex scenes in power are just too much if you ask me. At some point, I told a friend who was with me on one of the days, this is virtually soft porn. Now for the first episode, it felt a bit uneasy, but as I got to the 2nd season, I was practically immune to the scenes. Someone might say "Oh please its just entertainment" but the truth is that we cant fill our minds with junk and expect our characters to reflect the opposite.

Have we become so consumed with watching debauchery, blood shed, violence and foul language that we have numbed our senses to the extent that we can't tell when the holy spirit speaks? Today when you look at the social media page of Christians and even pastors and senior leadership in churches, you cant tell the difference between their pages and the page of an individual who barely has a relationship with God.

God calls us 'Light' for a reason. Be Different..

"Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will". RM 12: 2